Brussels (AMNA/M. Aroni) -- Finance minister Yannis Stournaras assured
the Eurogroup of the new Greek coalition government's intention to put
the country's adjustment programme back on track, Eurogroup president
Jean-Claude Juncker told a press conference in the early hours of Tuesday
after the conclusion of a marathon 9-hour meeting of euro area finance
ministers in Brussels.

Juncker said that the eurozone finance ministers examined the first
reports of the European Commission (EC), European Central Bank (ECB)
and International Monetary Fund (IMF) 'Troika' inspectors' reports and
the Eurogroup will return to the Greek issue when the Troika completes
its evaluation and drafts its final report on progress in the Greek
programme.amna

Replying to a relevant question, Juncker said that the Greek finance
minister "did not make any requests" during the meeting for funding or
a time extension of the target of reducing the fiscal deficit to the 3
percent ceiling.

"I imagine that there are such requests on the Greek side", he added,
noting that the relevant discussions will be postponed for September at
the latest.

On the Greek bond that expires on August 20, Juncker assured that the
Eurogroup will find a solution.amna

The eurozone ministers also renewed Juncker's term as Eurogroup president
for another 2 1/2 years, but Juncker stated that he does not intend to
complete the term and will step down at the end of the year.

The Eurogroup meeting decisions and the imminent changes in taxation
as well as the cutbacks in special payrolls and the privatisations,
mostly dominated the headlines on Tuesday in Athens' newspapers.

AVGHI: "Vote of confidence for unemployment and recession".

AVRIANI: "Prime Minister Antonis Samaras declares war on guilds".

DIMOKRATIA: "Armed forces excluded from the new cutbacks in special
payrolls".

ELEFTHEROS TYPOS: "Brussels' first sign for extension of loan repayment".

AMNA--An exhibition entitled "The wreck of Antikythera - The ship,
the treasures, the Mechanism", open

This is the first time that all the findings from the Antikythera wreck,
dated between 60-50 BC, will be displayed together, while some of the
items have never been displayed before.

Sometime before Easter 1900, Elias Stadiatis, a Greek sponge diver,
discovered the wreck of an ancient cargo ship off Antikythera Island at a
depth of 42 m (138 ft). Sponge divers retrieved several statues and other
artifacts from the site. The Mechanism itself was discovered on May 17,
1901, when archaeologist Valerios Stais noticed that a piece of rock
recovered from the site had a gear wheel embedded in it. Examination
revealed that the "rock" was in fact a heavily encrusted and corroded
mechanism that had survived the shipwreck in three main parts and dozens
of smaller fragments. The device itself was surprisingly thin, about 33
cm (13 in) high, 17 cm (6.7 in) wide, and 9 cm (3.5 in) thick, made of
bronze and originally mounted in a wooden frame. It was inscribed with
a text of over 2,000 characters, many of which have only just recently
been deciphered.

The Antikythera Mechanism is believed to be an ancient mechanical
calculator (also described as a "mechanical computer") designed to
calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in the Antikythera
wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, between Kythera and Crete, and
has been dated to about 150-100 BC. Technological artifacts of similar
complexity appeared a thousand years later. ed at the Archaeological
Museum in Athens on April 5 and will run for a year